Culinary article.



Patented Mar. 25, i902.

A. N. STONE CULINARY AR L (Application filed June 1, 1901,)

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F I G I I E 34 M /Z a M /7 AT No. 696,278. Patented Mar. 25, I902.

A. N, STONEDAHL.

CULINARY ARTICLE.

' (Application filed June 1, 1901.)

(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 2.

'ment of parts, as hereinafter fully described,

PATET ALFRED N. STONEDAl-IL, OF POR'IWING, WISCONSIN.

CULINARY VARTICLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 696,278, dated March25, 1902.

Application filed June 1, 1901.

To fol/I whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALFRED N. STONEDAHL, a citizen of the United States,residing at Portwing, in the county of Bayfield and State of lVisconsin,have invented new and useful improvements in Culinary Articles, of whichthe following is a specification.

This invention relates to that class of culinary articles employed forstraining vegetables and other articles cooked in a boiler, the objectof the present invention being to provide a strainer adapted to beplaced in a suitable vessel or boiler and to contain the vegetables orother articles to be cooked, so as to enable such articles to be placedin the boiling vessel and removed therefrom without breaking thearticles, while adapting them to be thoroughly strained preparatory todepositing them in the dishes or vessels in which they are finallyserved.

One of the objects of the invention is to provide the body of thestrainer with a slide which controls an opening in one side thereof,through which the cooked articles may be discharged.

Another object of the invention is to provide adetachable cover for thestrainer,which may also be utilized as a cover for the kettle or vesselin which the strainer is placed, said lid having combined therewithmeans whereby it may be locked to the strainer and readily detached andremoved therefrom.

With the above and other objects in view the invention consists incertain novel features and details of construction andarrangeillustrated, and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a central vertical sectionthrough a vessel or boiler, showing the strainer, also in section,placed therein and thelid in position thereon. Fig. 2 is a plan view ofthe strainer with the lid removed. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of thestrainer with the slide partially elevated. Fig. 4 is a top plan view ofthe detachable lid, showing the retracted posit-ion of the lid-segmentsin dotted lines.

Like numerals of reference denote like parts in all figures of thedrawings.

Referring to Fig. 1 of the drawings, 10 designates a boiler or vessel,in which the strainer (indicated at 11) is adapted to be placed.

Serial No. 62,794. (No model.)

The strainer is composed, essentially, of an upper ring 12 and alowerring 13, the said rings being connected by a plurality of wires 14,which between the upper and lower rings form the sides of the straineror, as it may properly be termed, basket. The wires 14: are coiled oneor more times around the lower ring 13 and then are extended inwardradially toward the center of the strainer to form an open-work bottom15, the inner ends of the wires being finally connected toa center ring16 by wrapping the wires around said ring or connecting them therewithin any other convenient manner. 1

At one side of the strainer or basket a space or discharge-opening isleft bounded by the top and bottom rings and at the sides by wires 17,which are arranged substantially in parallelism to form guides for aslide 18, which consists of a wire frame constructed similarly to thesides of the strainer and comprising a top bar 19, with which isconnected an upwardly-extending handle 20, terminating in a loop orfinger-grip 21 at the top. The lower end of the slide has connectedtherewith a slide-bar 22, the opposite ends of which are bent to formeyes or runners 23, which embrace and are adapted to slide up and downupon the guides 17, thus holding the slide securely in place on thestrainer, while allow= ing it to be opened and closed for permitting thecooked articles to be dumped from the strainer into the serving-dishes.The upper portion of the slide is held between and guided by the topring 12 and a keeper 39, consisting, preferably, of a piece of wirehaving its ends fastened to the upper portions of the guide-wire 17.

In connection with the strainer hereinabove described I employ a lid 24,preferably conupon which the inner meeting edge of the segment 28 issupported, said flange being illustrated in dotted lines in Fig. 4. Theledge or flange 31 is located in a lower plane than the body of the lid,thereby forming a rabbet in which the inner edge of the lid-segment isreceived and seated, and a shoulder 32, against which the inner edge ofthe segment abuts, whereby said segment is held in proper position whenmoved outward. To throw the segment inward, it'is elevated by means ofthe knob sufiiciently to disengage the segment from the shoulder 32,whereupon the segment may be moved inward for the purpose of removingthe lid from the strainer or basket.

The lid-segmentis provided about centrally with a bail-notch 33 and at apoint diametrically opposite the body of the lid is provided withanother bail-notch 34, the said notches being designed to receive andfit the lower ends of the bail 34', which is connected with the straineror basket for enabling the latter to be handled with facility.

In order to lock the lid upon the strainer, I provide a sliding lock orbolt 35, arranged adjacent to the notch opposite the lid-segment, saidlock or bolt being slidingly connected with the lid by means of a pin36, working in a curved slot 37 in the lid, as shown in Fig. 4. The lockor bolt is provided with an operating-knob 0r finger-piece 38, whichenables it to be readily slid back and forth. WVhen the lid is placed onthe strainer with the bail in the notch 34:, the lock or bolt 35 ispushed across the notch behind the bail, and while enabling the lid tobe raised for inspecting the contents of the vessel said lockprevents'the lid from falling off the strainer. When the lid is not inuse upon the strainer, it may be utilized as a cover for any otherboiler or vessel of corresponding size.

The strainer hereinabove described is convenient and practical in useand will be of assistance to cooks and enable them to handle with safetysuch articles as are subjected to a boiling process and will also enablesuch articles to be handled with ease after the cooking operation andwithout danger of breaking, mashing, or otherwise mutilating thearticles.

I do not desire to be limited to the exact details of construction andarrangement hereinabove set forth and accordingly reserve the right tochange, modify, or vary the construction within the scope of theappended claims.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination with a strainer or basket having a carrying-bail; ofa removable lid therefor provided at one side with ahorizontally-slidable and pivoted lid-segment, said lid-segment having ashouldered engagement with the body of the lid andthe lid being providedat diametrically opposite points with bail-receiving notches, one ofwhich is formed in the lid-segment.

2. The combination with a strainer or basket having a carrying-bail; ofa removable lid therefor provided at one side with ahorizontally-slidable and pivoted lid-segment; said lid-segment beingpivoted to the body of the lid at or near one end and provided at itsopposite end with an operating-knob, the lidsegment having a rabbetedand shouldered engagement with the body of the lid, and together withthe body of the lid provided with diametricallyoppositebaild'eceivingnotches; and means for locking the body of the lid to thestrainer or basket.

In testimony whereof I have alfixed my signature in presence of twowitnesses.

ALFRED N. STONEDAHL.

\Vitnesses:

GEO. A. HOW'ARD, NILs JOHNSON.

